Mr. Tigerman’s lecture is occasioned by the opening of the exhibition “Ceci n’est pas une reverie: The Architecture of Stanley Tigerman”, which opened at the Yale School of Architecture Gallery on 23 August 2011. Stanley Tigerman’s buildings writings and drawings are indispensable reference points for our understanding of Modern architecture. They have helped move architecture towards a broader range of ideas associated with memory, irony, humor and wit.